Congressman: Let's Use Nukes If America Has To Strike Iran

via WikimediaJust throwing it out there, you can throw it back if you don't like it, but maybe we should nuke Iran if war becomes imminent.

Though he "sure as hell" hopes it doesn't come to war, resorting to nukes is essentially what Representative Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) pitched during a recent C-SPAN interview, John T. Bennett of The Marine Times reports.

The nukes would just be the radioactive cherry on top of a more concerted pounding. First the U.S. should launch a "massive aerial bombing campaign" and then launch"tactical nuclear weapons," Hunter, a senior Republican member of the Armed Services Committee, reportedly said.

Hunter's stated aim would be to avoid the need to put "boots on the ground."

Hunter was himself a former Marine artillery officer who participated in the Iraq War. As a military man with expertise in artillery rounds, he's probably exactly sure what tactical warheads can do to targets.

Conversely, as a politician for the United States, he's also more than likely aware that the political and strategic fallout of such an action could be bigger than any mushroom cloud.